The St George Chess Club prides itself on a diverse membership with a range of chess abilities. We foster a social atmosphere for players of all ages and abilities.
The club runs regular internal club competitions and participates in interclub tournaments. More information about the activities can be found from the calendar.Club Games: 7:30pm Tuesday nights, Prince Edward Rooms, St George Leagues Club, 124 Princes Highway, Kogarah NSW
Update: Results and Games now up on Results page. Charles’ Round 4 newsletter is here.
The game that dissolves differences: after 37 moves, the outcome of the game between Trilok and Nihal was 0:5:0:5.
The divisional leaders after Round 5 are: Dimitrios Gourlas, Tom England and Evgeny Glukhikh (Div 7; 4/5); Netra Raj Bhatt (Div 3; 5/5); James Yossef (Div 6; 5/5); Boris Paceskoski (Div 5; 4.5/4); Nick Kordahi (Div 2; 5/5); Arthur Huynh (Div 1; 4/5); Ramu Srinivasa and Tibor Lendvai (Div 4; 3.5/5).
Club Champs Round 4 Report
Update: Results and Games up to Round 4 now up on Results page. Charles’ newsletter for the first catch-up night: download it here!
South vs North India in Round 4. After 56 moves, Ramu Srinivasa had the stronger endgame position against Abhishek Anand.
The divisional leaders after Round 4 are: Evgeny Glukhikh (Div 7; 4/4); Netra Raj Bhatt (Div 3; 4/4); Nihal Scammell and James Yossef (Div 6; 4/4); Boris Paceskoski (Div 5; 4/4); Nick Kordahi (Div 2; 4/4); Arthur Huynh (Div 1; 4/4); Ramu Srinivasa and Pieter Stoltz (Div 4; 3/4). However, quite a few of the contenders in each division have an adjourned game up their sleeve.
As the main person inputting the games into the Chessbase tournament database (see Results page), I extend a big thanks to the many people who put in the extra effort to make their scoresheets more legible. It made the entry of games so much easier! If you can send me the move sequence, e.g. in PGN format, that would be even better. Please get it to me by the Thursday night, or at least inform me by then that you will be sending it soon : geoffjhyde@gmail.com
The Big One: O2C Doeberl Cup: Canberra, April 17-21 (Easter)
Australia’s premier chess tournament takes place every Easter in Canberra: the O2C Doeberl. Running since 1963, it attracts the best players from Australia and a fair sampling of internationals as well. Last year the field in the Premier division included 4 GMs and 8 IMs. But don’t worry if you are not at that level (yet) – there are divisions for everyone, five in total (including one for Under 1200s), and a few Blitz tournaments thrown in as well. It’s filling up fast, so do register ASAP if interested.
And if you are interested in Australia chess history, there is no better book than The Doeberl Cup: Fifty Years of Australian Chess History by Bill Egan. It was developed with the assistance of St George’s own GM Ian Rogers and WFM Cathy Rogers, Ian himself holding the record for most first places in the Doeberl (12). You can read a lot of the first seven chapters for free thanks to this Kindle sample.
Sydney International, Rooty Hill, April 23-27
To take advantage of the Doeberl Cup momentum, our good friend Winston Chao at Rooty Hill has organised a major tournament that starts straight after Easter, continuing his great job of promoting Sydney chess. With three classical divisions, each is a 9 Round Swiss event, with 90 minutes + 30 seconds as the time control. If you want to experience a different side of Sydney, in the plush surroundings of Novotel West HQ, see the tournament details and registration links here.
